Memory Lane

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The little guy with the gun deleated the rest of my post??

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A look back at the last 27yrs of turkey guns and ammo. Does any of this sound familiar?

single shot 20ga with fixed Mod choked barrel:
Fed that baby 3" Remington Nitro Mags #4's

Win 1300 NWTF turkey gun Xfull choke (laminated stock with turkey scenes on receiver):
She liked the 3" winchester XX #4's and Remington 4x6's (ah ya duplexes)

Then came along the big dog Mossburg 835 3 1/2" Old "TW" (turkey widowmaker), Kicked like a mule, killed in front and crippled behind. Sent that baby to angle porting for some lengthened forcing cones, ports and custom ported turkey choke,kicked like a little mule then:
Started with 3 1/2" Winchester XX #4's
she really started to shine with the big 2 1/4oz Federal copper plated #5's
They were beat out by the 1 7/8 Remington hevi shot #5's (hevi shot era)

got me a cadalack turkey gun, 3 1/2" browning gold (love those big semi's):
The 2 oz Winchester XRHD #5's were the ticket,.. Until
Along came 2 1/4oz Nitro hevi 4x5x7's and a ported Rhino choke

Then along came OldGobbler and handloads of 2 1/8oz on Hevi 7's and 6x7's with a Ported Pure Gold .670 choke.

This Year I will be trying my new 2 oz TSS 9's and 8x9's.

What were some of the old turkey Killian setups do you remember?

[Longshanks]

I killed my first turkeys with a Rem 1100 2 3/4 Mod barrel/ Rem 4's. The gun was taped up with some of the original old school camoflauge tape.  Inside 30yds it was a killer. My dad had his browning citori taped up with the same tape and he would shoot the rem 4's as well. I remember going to the Rem 4x6's like it was yesterday. I actually still have a few boxes of them and they pattern pretty dang good out of my 870.

[TrackeySauresRex]

Alot of that sounds familiar. Life was simple back then. An old side by side (borrowed) hand painted with them duplexes. Killed my first bird. 

[spurman]

Started out with a Rem. 870 3in. that had a 30 inch barrel with a fixed full choke. Shot 3in. 4's or 5's and tried the duplex loads but that gun did not like them. Carried a call a gun and a few shells, now it looks like I am going on a week long safari when I leave the truck.

[trkehunr93]

I started with a Stevens model single shot with a fixed full shooting the old Fed. Premium 6's in 2 3/4".  Killed my first bird with it, got a Mossberg 500 field model and continued with the 2 3/4" 6's using the full choke, it killed alot of birds.  In '06 I got my 835 and was shooting the old white's in #6 then last spring got a star dot and started shooting the 3.5" 6's and 7's.  I used to only have a box call, glass call and a mouth call back in the early days, I bet my vest weighs 20lbs now I got so much stuff in it.  I always joke that I'm going to war thats why I carry so much stuff with me 

[rempumpman]

Stevens 20 ga single, full choke and winchester "hi-brass" # 5's collected my first bird; graduated to a 870 remington 12 ga 3 inch mag, fixed full choke; still use it and stills kills turkeys; did not have a screw-in choke system until about 6 years ago with a new 870 3 inch express; never been interested in shooting or buying a gun using 3 1/2 in shells, that's just me; if I can't kill'em with a 3 inch mag then I'll let him live; really enjoy using a 2 3/4 inch mag shell @ 25 yards or less; will probably break out the single barrel 20 and hunt with it this season for even more trips down "memory lane" just to prove it can be done...........